boatlift
noun
High School
1
The (often clandestine) transportation of a large number of people or amount of goods by boat, especially an exodus of people.
2
Alternative form of boat lift (“mechanism used for raising and lowering boats on a canal vertically from one water level to another”).
Sound Patterns & Rhymes
Rhymes
Words that share the same ending sound pattern
Alliteration
Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)
Assonance
Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing